Why Facebook is weird #1:
I can look at pictures of friends I haven’t seen in years and realize that they’ve become quite attractive.
At the risk of looking like a complete idiot
Here’s a bit of DOS batch-file scripting.
@ECHO OFF ECHO. FOR loop test for /L %%N in (0,1,12) do call :test %%N goto End :test echo %1 goto :eof :End Echo.Reached End pause |
AppleWorks on Snow Leopard
I am happy to report that AppleWorks 6 for Mac OS X runs perfectly on Snow Leopard using Rosetta.
Just be sure to get the latest update from http://support.apple.com/downloads/AppleWorks_6_2_9_for_Mac
Also, if you have problems running the update (hang/freeze), try running it with all network connections disconnected.
DVD playback in XBMC on Ubuntu
To get DVD playback to work properly in XBMC on Ubuntu, disable nautilus’ automount feature
-> gconf-editor
apps->nautilus->preferences
Uncheck “media-automount”
http://www.pubbs.net/201002/opensuse/27474-opensuse-disable-automount-for-dvd-drive.html
Making a SOCKS proxy transparent
Finally, after about an hour of googling, I found a program that allows a SOCKS proxy to be made transparent. Installed on a router/gateway, this can force all LAN users’ traffic through the proxy.
http://darkk.net.ru/redsocks/
via http://wiki.przemoc.net/tips/linux#making_socks_proxy_transparent
HOWTO: Easily modify dependencies of a .deb file – Ubuntu Forums
#!/bin/bash if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then echo "Syntax: $0 debfile" exit 1 fi DEBFILE="$1" TMPDIR=`mktemp -d /tmp/deb.XXXXXXXXXX` || exit 1 OUTPUT=`basename "$DEBFILE" .deb`.modfied.deb if [[ -e "$OUTPUT" ]]; then echo "$OUTPUT exists." rm -r "$TMPDIR" exit 1 fi dpkg-deb -x "$DEBFILE" "$TMPDIR" dpkg-deb --control "$DEBFILE" "$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN if [[ ! -e "$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN/control ]]; then echo DEBIAN/control not found. rm -r "$TMPDIR" exit 1 fi CONTROL="$TMPDIR"/DEBIAN/control MOD=`stat -c "%y" "$CONTROL"` vi "$CONTROL" if [[ "$MOD" == `stat -c "%y" "$CONTROL"` ]]; then echo Not modfied. else echo Building new deb... dpkg -b "$TMPDIR" "$OUTPUT" fi rm -r "$TMPDIR" |
via HOWTO: Easily modify dependencies of a .deb file – Ubuntu Forums.
Ralink 3090 driver : Markus Heberling
ppa:markus-tisoft/rt3090
via Ralink 3090 driver : Markus Heberling.
Driver for the cheap Ralink wireless in the Acer Aspire Revo.
High Dynamic Range
Today I finally decided to try this HDR thing I’ve heard so much about. It was actually quite easy. I may not be getting optimal results, but I think what I got is pretty cool for messing around for 15 minutes. I just set up AEB on my Rebel XSi, then took the resultant 3 images and threw them into Photomatix. The leftmost picture is the HDR-process result, and the other 3 are the -3, 0 and +3.